Poverty + Development

Bill Gates: Three videos that explain this month’s big event in New York

Bill Gates shares three videos on how the MDGs helped child mortality, maternal mortality and HIV over the past 15 years.

By Bill Gates for GatesNotes.

If you haven’t heard about the Global Goals yet, you will soon.

Later this month, leaders from around the world will get together at the United Nations in New York to agree on the world’s development agenda for the next 15 years—what they’re calling the Global Goals. It is a great opportunity to take stock of how the world’s poorest are doing, and there is a big push to spread the word about the Global Goals. (Melinda and I will be in New York to help get the news out.)

You may be wondering: Why should we believe these goals will make any difference at all?

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